Hear me out.
I, the modern consumer, want my goods as abundant and affordable as possible.
Insane protectionist shite like today’s tariffs or the Jones Act prevents that. It makes goods scarcer and less affordable.
If I have the choice, I might consider buying an American made item, but it by no means is some kind of deal-breaker whether or not it was made by some guy in Ohio pushing a button on an assembly line all day or some machine in Bangladesh.
Trump had one thing correct today - China is killing us on shipbuilding. But his solution is all wrong. We prevent ourselves from building like that. Our insipid unions prevent us from automating our ports. The Jones Act prevents international ships in our waters.
Thus, it matters little to me where my goods are made. So long as they’re safe and not made by gulag labor in North Korea, no skin off my nose. Sorry.